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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I disagree. If my dog is in his own backyard living his life and a pet allowed to roam gets into my yard, I don't feel it is my or my dog's fault if the pet is accidentally injured or killed by my dog. It is the responsibility of the pet's owner to keep their own pet home, safe, out of harm's way and above all, off others' premises. I would be very sorry it happened and definitely feel their pain pretty intensely but my fault would not be equal in any way to that of the other animal's owner. Each owner is solely responsible for keeping his pet from trespassing on other's property and safe from harm. That's basic animal ownership responsibility. I only hope that all pet owners will keep their own dearly loved animals safe on their own property so these horrible things will not happen. While I do watch Tibbe when he is out due to his small size, if I owned a Mastiff I would not stand outside or sit by the window the entire time he was out just in case a negligent owner allowed their pet to get into my yard! It is a shame a poor cat is dead because he either had no home or his owner just let him out on his own. |
i know im a bit late with the reply but my phone died & i just reached home.
But you basically made the same point as me. The neighbor undoubtedly needed to be watching their cat. Theres no arguing with that. Because the neighbors was so irresponsible....their cat (may it rest in peace) was killed. Whether by the op's yorkie or not.
My point is...that YES its YOUR yard....but u HAVE to keep an eye on your pet also. Especially a yorkie, being that its so small. I know some of you are older with kids....so would you have let your baby out in the back yard freely without supervision?....no right?....why?...because there are soooo many things that can happen or go wrong in a split second. Yes its your property...but its still out in the open.... Unless you have a force-field around your yard. lol.
Now if this was a situation where the Op's yorkie had gotten stolen, squeezed between the fence & ran off, or taken away by a larger bird...because it was left unsupervised in "their backyard"...who was going to take the blame for that?....
The hawk?....the theif??....the whole in the fence?
....no the OWNER! You shouldnt have to wait for something bad to happen to YOUR yorkie in your own backyard for you to understand that.
but hey....some people learn better the hard way.
